The Massachusetts Campaign to Stop the Cuts • Invest in Jobs • Tax the 1% • End the Wars

Our Question

Shall the state Representative (or Senator) from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon the Congress and the President to:

1. Prevent cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans benefits, or to housing, food and unemployment assistance;

2. Create and protect jobs by investing in manufacturing, schools, housing, renewable energy, transportation and other public services;

3. Provide new revenues for these purposes and to reduce the long-term federal deficit by closing corporate tax loopholes, ending offshore tax havens, and raising taxes on incomes over $250,000; and

4. Redirect military spending to these domestic needs by reducing the military budget, ending the war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home safely now.

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The Budget for All referendum campaign needs donations to pay for printing and supplies. Your donation is 100% tax-deductible. Please use the "Donate" link below to give online. Make checks out to Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund and mail to 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; please write "Budget for All" on the memo line.

Boston, April 4 -- GE should pay its fair share of taxes at the federal, state and city levels, a broad coalition of 34 community, peace, faith-based, housing, social justice and environment groups demanded today, outside the “Welcome Party” for GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt hosted by Mayor Walsh and Governor Baker. Protesters picketed and leafleted attendees, and presented mock “awards” to Immelt, Walsh and Baker for providing corporate welfare for GE, while shortchanging Massachusetts residents.

“We demand that GE pay its taxes to pay for what our communities need,” said Horace Small of the Union of Minority Neighborhoods, who helped organize the protest. “Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. Dr. King died protesting racial and economic injustice and misplaced budget priorities. We protest GE today in his memory and spirit.”

GE is getting $150 million in tax breaks from Governor Baker and Mayor Walsh. GE is all about tax dodging, polluting (including the Hoosatonic River in MA), and war profiteering (including the occupation of Palestine).

We NEED: GOOD JOBS • better public education • homes we can afford • well maintained public transportation, roads and public parks!!!

We NEED: re-entry programs for former inmates • massive investment in renewable energy INCLUDING green jobs • debt relief for college students • head start and other programs to reduce child poverty in our rich state

On April 4 we will protest outside a GE-sponsored event announcing their move to Boston. Please join us for this organizing meeting on March 22 to make sure all our voices for social justice in Greater Boston will be heard

Advocates presented testimony in favor of the Budget for All resolution at a hearing on October 28, 2015 in the Massachusetts State House. Above, community organizer and former state representative Mel King leads off the presentation by saying: Justice for All means Opportunity for All (2:58).

Budget for All together with the rest of the Raise Up Massachusetts coalition is working to

Fund Critical needs in Education and Transportation by putting a Fair Share Millionaire’s Tax on the Ballot!

Budget for All is joining close to 100 other community organizations engaged in the struggle for economic and social justice. Please help us as part of Raise Up Massachusetts put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to tax those who earn over $1 million a year — the money to be used to support critical Education and Transportation needs in the Commonwealth!

Using their great wealth and power, the 1% of our commonwealth have managed to put protection in the constitution against being asked to contribute their fair share of revenue to meet the needs of the people. The Raise Up Massachusetts petition campaign is the first step in a three year effort to change the constitution to allow a fair share tax of 4% to be applied on an individual’s annual income above the first $1 million to be applied to critical education and transportation needs. The average resident pays 9.4% of our annual income in state and local taxes, but the wealthiest 1% pay only 6.5% of their annual income in state and local taxes (source: MassBudget) After we win the Fair Share Tax, the wealthiest will still be paying less than the average percentage, but the gap will be narrowed. The Fair Share Tax will only affect a small number of voters but will raise over a billion dollars in revenue.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus introuced The People’s Budget: A Raise for America on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015.

While working families face smaller paychecks, corporations and the wealthy are amassing record wealth. American families know the system is rigged in favor of the corporations. The People’s Budget makes the economy work for everyone. It creates high quality jobs and reduces family expenses, restoring the buying power of working Americans to drive a full economic recovery.

Video highlights of the Budget for All Massachusetts annual forum from April 11, 2015 at Old South Church, Boston. The event, in support of the Congressional Progressive Caucus' People's Budget, provided a community platform on how taxpayers' money should be spent. With remarks by Mel King, Grace Ross, Jimmy Tingle, Barbara Madeloni, Jamie Eldridge, Jill Stein, and 26 other speakers representing a wide range of Massachusetts labor, community, faith, and political leaders. Videography by Werner Grundl. 21 minutes.